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Good luck, bros!

My brother Pat and brother-in-law Danny’s barbecue team, Brew-B-Q, is competing in the 23rd annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue this weekend. I wish them the best of luck, though I know from experience that their stuff is delicious. I think this is the first time I ever wished I was in Tennessee.

McCreight and Peters made the drawing after winning a Wisconsin state title at the Kenosha Grill Games in August.

“If you’re really good, which we’re not, you can automatically qualify for the Jack by winning seven state championships during the season,” McCreight said. “Each year, there are a handful of teams that do so.”

I also have a special interest in the team, since I drew their logo back in 2008:

I’ve been to Lynchburg and visited the Jack Daniel (the man’s name had no “s”) distillery. It was strange: not just being in a dry county in Tennessee; but that I couldn’t sample or buy any of the whiskey, yet I could buy a “Tipsy Cake” that was chocolate and yummy and was thoroughly soaked with whiskey, plenty to get me tipsy right there. But it was eaten, you see, so it was OK.

I feel the same way. This and the brisket post are gross, Jen. You do know how environmentally destructive and cruel animal agriculture is, right? I’m cool with people hunting and eating meat if they really feel they need to, but eating meat is not necessary in our country at this time, so causing environmental devastation and animal suffering is not something to brag about IMO…